Partial list of speakers (subject to change)

Thomas Bartlett, University of Aberdeen
Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow
Jola Choińska-Mika, University of Warsaw
Jim Collins, Georgetown University
Constantin Fasolt, University of Chicago
Robert I. Frost, University of Aberdeen
Patrick Griffin, University of Notre Dame
Tomasz Kempa, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Ned Landsman, SUNY Stony Brook
Alison LaCroix, University of Chicago
Leidulf Melve, University of Bergen
Jens E. Olesen, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald
Pit Peporte, University of Luxembourg
William O’Reilly, University of Cambridge
Hamish Scott, University of Glasgow
Graeme Small, University of Durham
James Smyth, University of Notre Dame
Frank E. Sysyn, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Biörn Tjällén, University of Bergen

Preliminary schedule

Thursday, September 19

6 pm Plenary lecture

7:30 pm Reception

Friday, September 20

9 am Session 1

10:30 am Coffee

11 am Session 2

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Session 3

3 pm Coffee

3:30 pm Session 4

6 pm Keynote Lecture

7:30 pm Reception

Saturday, September 21

9 am Session 5

10:30 am Coffee

11 am - 12:30 pm Roundtable discussion

Further details will be posted soon.

Sponsored by the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies; the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry Library; the Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen; the Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen; and the Consulate General of the Polish Republic in Chicago.

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